Autauga Co (AL) Will of Thomas MORTON. Drawn 3 Sept 1847. Recorded 23 Oct 1847.
"My negro woman CAROLINE and her two children HENRY and KITTY, I will free.
I give unto said CAROLINE and her children HENRY & KITTY ($500)....
My Negro man GEORGE (freedom and $500)....Negro woman ANN and her 3
chidden WM, ROBT. & JAMES (freedom and $500 collectively)....
Negro girl MARIAH (freedom and $500)....Negro woman MARY and two
children ALBERT and SALLY (freedom and $200 collectively). I want
the said ALBERT and SALLY to work for their said Mother MARY until
her death, also I will to the above...equally my horse Pompey and
my mule Pigeon...and I further will the Negroes one year's provisions.
" Also, MILES and wife MATILDA and their two children, DORATHA and
ADALINE (freedom and possibly $100--wording unclear) " and I direct
if the above named Negroes has to leave this state the expense of
their removal shall be paid out of my estate by my executor."
(Autauga Co., Reports F, (18)45-50, vol 6: 356-57.)
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Contributed by
"Diane Y. Smith Royer"
Source:
>From National Genealogical Society Quarterly Vol 83, Num 3, Sept 1995..
FREE AFRICAN AMERICANS IN PRE-CIVIL WAR "ANGLO" ALABAMA: SLAVE MANUMISSIONS
GLEANED FROM COUNTY COURT RECORDS (pgs 199-214) Contributed by
Gary B. Mills, Ph.D., CG
continued from Vol 83, no 2 (June 1995, 127-42)
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